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>> the president is planning to go to hawaii with his family. t family is going to heading there soon and he isn't getting on a plane any time soon. he could stay all through weekend. if possible he could wait through monday and eric cantor threatened that today. he said "we might stay here all weekend." the senate is intending to come back next thursday and deal with it then. >> the critical point here is will john baner be willing to bring up a bill in the house that's a compromise that may require more democratic votes than republican votes? that is anathema to him, but it may be the only way out of thiss me. >> brown: norm ornstein, christina bellantoni, thanks so much. >> suarez: still to come on the "newshour": targeting pakistan's polio eradication workers; state department security failures; the pros and cons of saving versus spending and north dakota's senator elect. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: amid the fiscal cliff fight, members of the house and senate paid final respects today to the
>> the president is planning to go to hawaii with his family. t family is going to heading there soon and he isn't getting on a plane any time soon. he could stay all through weekend. if possible he could wait through monday and eric cantor threatened that today. he said "we might stay here all weekend." the senate is intending to come back next thursday and deal with it then. >> the critical point here is will john baner be willing to bring up a bill in the house that's a...
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coping with climate change are micah mccarty from the makah tribe in washington, kitty simonds from hawaii, mike williams from the akiak native communities in alaska, and jeff mears from the oneida tribe in wisconsin. thanks so much for joining us. in your lifetimes, what have you seen change, perhaps in the areas that you've grown up. what's something that you can point to and say this is what it used to be when i was a child and here's what the situation is today. >> i guess for me growing up in hawaii the changes were really with the fish population. we used to have much larger fish, different species. they seem to have changed, and i'm not sure if it's climate change or the visitors feeding our fish food that they shouldn't be feeding them. so for me it's that because we always ate fish at least three or four times a week. so that has been a large change and the fishermen have to go farther and farther out to catch fish, in fact outside the 200 mile zone. and we have fewer fish around the coral reefs. those actually were the best eating fish for us. they were small and we would fry the
coping with climate change are micah mccarty from the makah tribe in washington, kitty simonds from hawaii, mike williams from the akiak native communities in alaska, and jeff mears from the oneida tribe in wisconsin. thanks so much for joining us. in your lifetimes, what have you seen change, perhaps in the areas that you've grown up. what's something that you can point to and say this is what it used to be when i was a child and here's what the situation is today. >> i guess for me...
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and i come from hawaii. so does our president. >> sreenivasan: this woman and fellow obama supporters hope to capitalize on the infrastructure democrats have built herover the years. >> at the end of the day, i would really like for the facts and the data to be able to say that asian-americans and pacific islanders showed up to vote and we made a difference in this election. >> sreenivasan: president obama won nevada by a wide margin in 2008 and las vegas was a democratic stronghold. mr. obama has held the lead of a few points in every nevada poll taken since last fall but both sides say they expect it to be close. nevada isn't is the only battle ground state where the asian population has swelled. the 2010 census found higher than average growth over the past decade in virginia, florida, and north carolina. asians tend to make up their minds late in the political process, says this professor at u.c. riverside who studies race and politics and is coauthor of the asian-american survey. >> what we found last t
and i come from hawaii. so does our president. >> sreenivasan: this woman and fellow obama supporters hope to capitalize on the infrastructure democrats have built herover the years. >> at the end of the day, i would really like for the facts and the data to be able to say that asian-americans and pacific islanders showed up to vote and we made a difference in this election. >> sreenivasan: president obama won nevada by a wide margin in 2008 and las vegas was a democratic...
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the hawaii democrat died monday. jeffrey brown has this look back at his life. mr. president... >> daniel inouye's desk sat empty today, save for a bouquet of white roses and black shroud. in his office, colleagues, friends and admirers filled a book of condolences. nearing his 50th year in the upper chamber, he had represented the state of hawaii in congress from the moment it was admitted to the union in 1959. >> our friend dan inouye just died. >> brown: his passing was announced last night to a stunned senate chamber by majority leader harry reid. >> the service in the senate will be... >> an iconic political figure of his beloved hawaii and the only original member of a congressional delegation still serving in congress. >> brown: this afternoon inowe way's deputy chief of staff recalled the senator. >> with all due respect to the president of the united states, inowe way is hawaii's greatest statesman. he always saw things three steps ahead. >> brown: he was born in honolulu in 1924 to immigrant parents. on december 7, 1941, he rushed to help the wounded at pe
the hawaii democrat died monday. jeffrey brown has this look back at his life. mr. president... >> daniel inouye's desk sat empty today, save for a bouquet of white roses and black shroud. in his office, colleagues, friends and admirers filled a book of condolences. nearing his 50th year in the upper chamber, he had represented the state of hawaii in congress from the moment it was admitted to the union in 1959. >> our friend dan inouye just died. >> brown: his passing was...
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american leaders past and present paid tribute today to the late senator daniel inouye of hawaii. a crowd filled the national cathedral in washington for the service honoring the japanese- american who became a war hero and served in the senate more than 50 years. president obama recalled watching inouye during the televised watergate hearings in 1973. >> to see this man, this senator, this powerful, accomplished person who was not a central cast. and the way he commanded the respect of an entire nation, i think it hinted to me what might be possible in my own life. >> sreenivasan: inouye died monday at the age of 88. a pre-christmas storm rumbled across the great lakes today, toward canada. the storm had closed roads and grounded more than 1,000 flights on thursday. but as conditions improved, chicago's o'hare international and other airports returned to normal for one of the busiest days of the year. elsewhere, parts of wisconsin, iowa, and michigan dug out from more than a foot of snow. the storm was blamed for at least nine deaths in half a dozen states. the day that some pegg
american leaders past and present paid tribute today to the late senator daniel inouye of hawaii. a crowd filled the national cathedral in washington for the service honoring the japanese- american who became a war hero and served in the senate more than 50 years. president obama recalled watching inouye during the televised watergate hearings in 1973. >> to see this man, this senator, this powerful, accomplished person who was not a central cast. and the way he commanded the respect of...
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. >> ifill: in hawaii last week, daniel ioneu died. and in a letter written to the governor who gets -- decide who takes his seat he actually stated his preference. >> he did. there are a lot of interesting elements with this. one thing that actually very same three what happened when teddy kennedy passed away in massachusetts, in fall 2009 or summer, sent letter to deval patrick he wanted them to change the law in massachusetts somebody would be able to fill that seat during critical time when they were debating health care reform. then somebody would run with special election. well in hawaii basically what he said was, i really want someone to fill my seat i hope that is congress warm colleen hanabusa who has not been there very long, very close, he felt that she would represent him with fer per. he said he respected requested. that what is interesting, governor abercrombie did not release that letter. senator's office released that. there's some political pressure going on and essentially as they're having this fiscal cliff negotiat
. >> ifill: in hawaii last week, daniel ioneu died. and in a letter written to the governor who gets -- decide who takes his seat he actually stated his preference. >> he did. there are a lot of interesting elements with this. one thing that actually very same three what happened when teddy kennedy passed away in massachusetts, in fall 2009 or summer, sent letter to deval patrick he wanted them to change the law in massachusetts somebody would be able to fill that seat during...
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senator from hawaii democrat brian schatz was sworn in today. he'd been lieutenant governor for the last two years. now, he replaces fellow democrat daniel inouye, who died this month at the age of 88. schatz took the oath of office on the senate floor after being tapped by hawaii's governor. the new senator said he'll seek election in his own right, in 2014. inouye wanted hawaii congresswoman colleen hanabusa to take his seat. she said today she respects the governor's choice. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to margaret. >> warner: we turn now to russia, where a proposed new law on adoptions, causing alarm in the united states, came a step closer to being enacted today. ray suarez has the story. >> reporter: in moscow today, president vladimir putin said he does intend to sign a bill that bars americans from adopting russian children. >> you know, after all in the world there are probably a lot places where the quality of life is better than here, but so what? are we going to send all the children there? maybe we should mov
senator from hawaii democrat brian schatz was sworn in today. he'd been lieutenant governor for the last two years. now, he replaces fellow democrat daniel inouye, who died this month at the age of 88. schatz took the oath of office on the senate floor after being tapped by hawaii's governor. the new senator said he'll seek election in his own right, in 2014. inouye wanted hawaii congresswoman colleen hanabusa to take his seat. she said today she respects the governor's choice. those are some...
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the democrat of hawaii died of respiratory complications in washington. he was 88 years old and the u.s. senate's longest serving member. our coverage of this story continues online, with more advice on how to talk to children. kwame holman explains. >> holman: we have tips on coping from a professor of school psychology and parent of two children, stephen brock. get ankery look at our coming story. a special correspondent profiles an indian politician who is both loved and loathed. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> ifill: and to a different kind of honor roll tonight, of those killed in newtown, connecticut, on friday morning. as we've reported, there were 20 first-graders and six women in the school, plus the mother of the shooter, who lost their lives. here, in silence, are the names of the 27 victims. 25 photographs were available. first, the children in alphabetical order. >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll update the connecticut story, and talk with west virginia senator joe manchin. i'm gwen if
the democrat of hawaii died of respiratory complications in washington. he was 88 years old and the u.s. senate's longest serving member. our coverage of this story continues online, with more advice on how to talk to children. kwame holman explains. >> holman: we have tips on coping from a professor of school psychology and parent of two children, stephen brock. get ankery look at our coming story. a special correspondent profiles an indian politician who is both loved and loathed. all...
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jeffrey neely, who also took agency-approved trips to the wine country of napa valley, california, and to hawaii, both after the 2010 event sparked an investigation. at a house investigative hearing monday, neely declined to answer any questions related to the investigation to preserve his legal rights. >> mr. neely, was the original-- what was the original budget for that conference? >> mr. chairman, on the advice of my counsel, i respectfully decline to answer based upon my fifth amendment constitutional privilege. >> reporter: the g.s.a.'s inspector general brian miller was asked at a senate hearing yesterday if his initial report was just the tip of the iceberg. >> every time we turn over a stone, we find 50 more, we find other instances. even today, we found out that the wife of the regional commissioner had a parking space throughout the entire year of 2012 at the federal buildi. we just find one thing after another and difficult for me, even now, to quantify it. >> reporter: ed o'keefe has been covering the story for "the washington post." he says the las vegas conference brought to light
jeffrey neely, who also took agency-approved trips to the wine country of napa valley, california, and to hawaii, both after the 2010 event sparked an investigation. at a house investigative hearing monday, neely declined to answer any questions related to the investigation to preserve his legal rights. >> mr. neely, was the original-- what was the original budget for that conference? >> mr. chairman, on the advice of my counsel, i respectfully decline to answer based upon my fifth...
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. >> holman: hawaii officials repeatedly have verified president obama's birthplace and citizenship in the face of accusations he was not born in the u.s. the obama campaign immediately condemned romney's comment, saying in a statement, "romney's decision to directly enlist himself in the birther movement should give pause to any rational voter across america." mney has said in the past he believes the president was born in the united states. the author of a purported first- hand account of the u.s. raid that killed osama bin laden may be investigated for failing to clear his book with the pentagon first. "no easy day" is set to be released on september 11 by dutton publishing. reportedly, it was written under a pseudonym by one of the members of the navy team that conducted the raid. fox news identified him yesterday. preorders for the book moved it to the top-selling slot on amazon today. stocks did a turnaround on wall street today after a letter to congress surfaced in which federal reserve chairman ben bernanke again indicated the fed may do more to spur the economy. the dow jones
. >> holman: hawaii officials repeatedly have verified president obama's birthplace and citizenship in the face of accusations he was not born in the u.s. the obama campaign immediately condemned romney's comment, saying in a statement, "romney's decision to directly enlist himself in the birther movement should give pause to any rational voter across america." mney has said in the past he believes the president was born in the united states. the author of a purported first-...